Notepad++

Notepad++

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Notepad++	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	Notepad++ is a popular free and open source text editor available under the GPL license, featuring syntax highlighting and folding, auto-complete, multi-document management, and ac customizable GUI.	N/A

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Community Pulse
	Notepad++
Considered Both Products	Notepad++ Sudipto Sinha, PSM I SAP Solution Architect ( BRIM/CRM/OTC) Chose Notepad++ If you're looking for a free and feature-rich option with an active plugin ecosystem, extensive language support, and regular expression capabilities, Notepad++ is a strong choice.If you prefer a straightforward, user-friendly interface and don't require as many advanced … Incentivized Helpful? Przemek Pater Senior IT Specialist Chose Notepad++ In comparison to vs code, Notepad is less complexed solution with maybe less testing or implementation options but also with better script edition control thanks to the code formatting options. It depends on the task we have but for less complexed scripting that doesn't require … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Contributor Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is way ahead of EditPlus since the latter was developed quite a few years ago and it lacks the intuitive language detection which is a major positive for Notepad++ Incentivized Helpful? Dr Andy Teh Founder, Owner, and Principal Chose Notepad++ Compared to Evernote, Notepad++ is much lighter in terms of resource usage. In addition, the tabs in Notepad++ are arranged horizontally above the text box, which is my preferred way of accessing open files. Evernote does not have tabs. We continue to use Evernote for long-term … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ has a simple GUI. I use it when needed to take quick notes or come up with a rough logic to any problem. Even though Sublime Text is a lot sleekier tha Notepad++, the search capabilities of Notepad++ makes it a winner. Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is easy to use, its simple user interface makes your coding more relaxed and joyful. You can use Notepad++ for many other works like saving text messages or text files or email-related work for a company. Notepad++ is easy to understand, and coding and debugging in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is not available for macOS. So I am using TextWrangler, it is not having features like find and replace with regular expression, it is a simple replacement. Also, color coding for a programming language is also not available. The third multiple tab opening is an issue … Helpful? Al Mubassir Muin Software Engineer Chose Notepad++ Since my engineering days, I have used this software. Notepad++ has to be one of the most powerful text editors available. It is lightweight and easy to use. It can identify the programming language based upon the extension of the file. It can also open various attachments, … Helpful? Sean Haddy Software Engineer Chose Notepad++ I didn’t care for the way some things were handled in other programs I tried, and I’ve stuck with Notepad++ since. Incentivized Helpful? MV Mounika Vutla Software Engineer Chose Notepad++ I have used Notepad++ before. I started using Notepad++ as it is had a lot more features which made my work easier. Helpful? DC Darren Clarke IT Support Technician Chose Notepad++ Both visual studio code and Notepad++ are powerful code editors/text editors. So it is hard to pick a favorite as they both have upsides and downsides. In this case Notepad++ I love the plugins that come with it and the ability to get more from other open sources. In general … Incentivized Helpful? CT Canh Tran Technology Architect Chose Notepad++ UltraEdit was offered as a licensed product by my organization, however, because there was a cost to it, I had to obtain manager's approval for the yearly license required to keep it working. This was a hassle for something as simple as an editor. It was a convenient need to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Notepad++ I have used Java the most at other companies, I think we had a design deal with them. Notepad++ was more affordable with my current company. Incentivized Helpful? JS John Stuchly Data Developer Chose Notepad++ I prefer Notepad++ to both UltraEdit and VSCode. The fact that it is freely available gives it a leg up on UltraEdit, and the feature set is at least comparable and in some ways better. VSCode is more useful if you are using your text editor to code and want to tie into … Incentivized Helpful? LS Laura Stein Office365 Solutions Specialist Chose Notepad++ Notepad that comes with Windows is not an acceptable tool. I use TextWrangler on my Mac. It's not quite as good as Notepad++, but Notepad++ is not available for MacOS. Notepad++ is the best text editor I have found. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose Notepad++ Atom is a nice little notepad and editor, but it's a bit overkill for a simple note-taking app and doesn't quite compare to Visual Studio Code for more robust tasks like software development. It does have more polish than Notepad++, but the experience is somehow more clumsy. Sub… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Notepad++ I like Notepad++ over others because of its ease of use and its many available features. The nearly unlimited plugins pretty much let you do anything you can think of related to text based files. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Notepad++ I mainly use Notepad++ on windows. EditPlus was very good at regular expressions. I felt it was better than Notepad++. On Mac, sublime is a good tool for the same purpose. Incentivized Helpful? JM Joseph Mark Technology Specialist Chose Notepad++ Visual studio code has more testing capabilities but Notepad++ is easier to use for day to day text and scripting operations. Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Proctor Senior Sharepoint Developer Chose Notepad++ I have never looked for other applications to replace or compare to Notepad++. That is how delighted I am to use it no matter where I am at in the working world. It is always one of the first programs that I install on my computer when I start at a new company. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Notepad++ Notepad for Windows, Microsoft Word...LibreOffice Writer....I have used all of these for code writing and editing. Once again I like the universal feel of Notepad++. Basic Notepad, is just that, basic...and kind of clunky for what it is. This is a cool that I have installed … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ provides Macro Record and PlayBack. This option helps in formatting or adding the same type of information multiple times. Support multiple programming languages with proper syntax validation and highlighting. Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Notepad++ When I have to quickly review code or open a file to review something, opening Visual Studio is overkill. It takes time for the full-fledged IDE to open and initialize. When I need to get something done quickly, I use Notepad++ because nothing can compare to its speed. I also … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ has many advanced plugins whereas the other applications do not have as many as this. It supports many programming languages and takes low storage and gives faster outputs. Syntax auto complete and syntax highlight is also a plus when compared to that of other … Incentivized Helpful? Vinny Hebert Owner Chose Notepad++ I use to use Windows Notepad to make a quick note. But I've replaced that completely with Notepad++. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Syntax highlighting Pro Multiple files Pro Open source
Top Cons	Minus Dark mode Minus User interface Minus Bit dated

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User Ratings
	Notepad++
Likelihood to Recommend	8.9 (60 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.1 (16 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Notepad++
Likelihood to Recommend	Open Source well suited for 1) Coding and Development - Writing and editing code, Quick prototyping and testing of code snippets, Debugging and inspecting code using syntax highlighting and line numbering, 2) web development - Creating and editing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other web-related files .Managing and organizing web projects with multiple files and directories. Not suited for - 1) processing huge files 2) graphic designing 3) complex gui designs 3) Data Analysis and Manipulation - Editing and cleaning up text-based data files before importing them into analytical tools. Applying regular expressions to extract, transform, and manipulate data. 4) System Administration and IT - change system configuration file Incentivized Sudipto Sinha, PSM I SAP Solution Architect ( BRIM/CRM/OTC) Read full review
Pros	Open Source Notepad++ allows us to keep open files in tabs. Like in a web browser, these tabs let us access these files quickly and easily. Furthermore, even if we forget to save the files when closing the program or shutting down the PC, Notepad++ retains them in the open tabs when we reopen it. Notepad++ supports many different file types. We usually save our files created in Notepad as normal text files, but sometimes as JSON, PHP, and HTML files. Notepad++ is lightweight and requires little resources. Using it is snappy and responsive. The developer of Notepad++ frequently updates the software with bug fixes, performance improvements and new features. Incentivized Dr Andy Teh Founder, Owner, and Principal Read full review
Cons	Open Source UI looks a bit dated. Sometimes the number of options are overwhelming and require a quick search to figure out where to locate a particular function. Some way to do a diff between files would be great. Still need to resort to another paid app for that - unless it is a buried function I don't know about or there's a plugin for it. Incentivized CT Canh Tran Technology Architect Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Open Source I use it every day for 13 years already and it never disappointed me Incentivized Przemek Pater Senior IT Specialist Read full review
Usability	Open Source Many of the features are not out of the box. We have install them separately Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Open Source I haven't needed to utilize any support related to Notepad++. I guess this is a good thing because I found it to be quite intuitive. There are almost infinite features you can tweak and plugins you can download but I haven't had to do that because Notepad++ is really good right out of the box. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Open Source Notepad for Windows, Microsoft Word...LibreOffice Writer....I have used all of these for code writing and editing. Once again I like the universal feel of Notepad++. Basic Notepad, is just that, basic...and kind of clunky for what it is. This is a cool that I have installed on all my computers and also keep it on a thumb drive if I need it elsewhere. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Open Source Productivity has increased for developers. It's free so instead of buying a piece of software, you can use this to replace many of them that may only specialize in one thing. It gives our developers confidence knowing they have such a reliable, free tool at their disposal. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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